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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5819146	https://www.gbif.org/species/5819146
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	304735	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=304735

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Alveolitidae : Alveolites : Alveolites producti

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Alveolitidae : Alveolites : Alveolites producti

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Tabulata	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
order	Favositida	Wedekind 1937
suborder	Alveolitina	Sokolov 1950
family	Alveolitidae	Duncan 1872
subfamily	Alveolitinae	Duncan 1872
genus	Alveolites	Lamarck 1801
species	Alveolites producti	Geinitz 1848

Generic Name

Alveolites

Scientific Name

Alveolites producti Geinitz, 1848

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Alveolites producti	species	belongs to Alveolites	stated with evidence	Geinitz, 1848

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Tabulata)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

suspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Tabulata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. F. von Schauroth. 1854. Ein Beitrag zur Paläontologie des deutschen Zechsteingebirges. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 6:539-577

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1848	Alveolites producti Geinitz p. 19 figs. Pl 7, figs 28-31
1854	Alveolites producti von Schauroth p. 542 figs. Pl 20, fig 3

References

von Schauroth E. F. Ein Beitrag zur Paläontologie des deutschen Zechsteingebirges, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 6, 539-577

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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